Bad Coaching On Fight Night: IYO

Mickey Duff talking to his fighter Lloyd Honeyghan who was exausted during his bout vs Starling after non-stop punching for no reason off Starling`s arms all night saying: Are you tired Lloyd as if why aren`t you carry on with dreadful tactics, you rough house Lloyd in the 80`s or something! Duff again to Mugabi during his brawl with Hagler, 'If you won`t listen to me listen to the father John'! He a bloody priest in the corner instead of a second, because Mugabi was religious! Might as well have had a plumber instead of Duff! RIP. Nigel Benn`s corner during his dreadful display against Watson when Benn was doing a Honeyghan off Watson`s arms and his corner`s response to a drained Benn was 'steam him'! A plumber or a priest could have given him better advice that that!

 

Hughie Fury in his last fight vs pulev. I would swear that his plan was designed by pulev.

 

Don't know if this counts and I don't remember the fighter but, the fighter just wasn't listening to the corner and was losing. In between rounds the coach started in on his fighter. He said you Ain't gonna done nothing, you might as well quit and get a job at McDonalds.

 

That advice of abel was GOOD. The probability of being timed by the oponent increase A FREAKING LOT for every extra punch in your combination. Flurrying 4-5-6 hits combos on a master timer/counterpuncher like canelo is asking for being koed, 'please, mister canelo, could you knock the heck out of me?'. I dont know why you think abel's advice was bad.

EDIT: and I hate abel, he's a troll, i'm not suspicious of being an abel fanboy.

 

It was many moons ago when ESPN had a series called Tuesday night fights. ESPN also had Friday night fights. Imagine 3 hours of boxing 2 nights a week? Oh the good ol days!

 

I have no fighter, because I'm no trainer, but I would never let my fighter to throw more than 3 punches in a row vs a counter puncher/timer, never, the 4th is extremelly risky.

To ask gg for single punching maybe is excessive, but if abel saw canelo trying to time the second or third punch, then it makes totally sense. And I'm sure that at any point of the fight canelo was trying that. There are tons of beautiful kos done by timing the second punch. A classic one is the left cross timing the straight right when your oponent throw his 1-2. This timing makes beatiful kos.

Actually, vs great timers like canelo or floyd, you fight cheating on them, ticking them. Like maidana vs floyd. Maidana fights like a caveman, but he was smart as F vs floyd. I mean, those fights are won by countering the counter of the counter counter. They are not "combination fights" but "I tricked you fights".

Well, I'm tallking too much, maybe one single punch is too much, but if abel thought it was the right decision vs canelo, probably it was. More than 3 punches vs canelo is by default a mistake, though.

 

That fight is completely underrated. This fight is AWESOME!!!

 

I was watching Ray Oliveira vs Zack Padilla. 3,020 punches thrown. Ray Oliveira goes back to his corner and they tell him he's not punching enough.

 

I miss those days for sure. I'd roll up to my brothers house, get some food and brew and chill. Even bad fights were good.

 

Eubank Jnr has got to be up there,can’t even remember some of the crap his dad said to him but not using a trainer was stupid.